---
title: "Download zip archive"
method: GET
path: "/zip_downloads/{zip_download_id}/content"
tags: ["Zip Downloads"]
---

# Download zip archive

`GET /zip_downloads/{zip_download_id}/content`

Returns the contents of a `zip` archive in binary format. This URL does not
require any form of authentication and could be used in a user's browser to
download the archive to a user's device.

By default, this URL is only valid for a few seconds from the creation of
the request for this archive. Once a download has started it can not be
stopped and resumed, instead a new request for a zip archive would need to
be created.

The URL of this endpoint should not be considered as fixed. Instead, use
the [Create zip download](https://developer.box.com/reference/post-zip-downloads) API to request to create a
`zip` archive, and then follow the `download_url` field in the response to
this endpoint.

## Path parameters

- `zip_download_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Returns the content of the items requested for this download, formatted as
a stream of files and folders in a `zip` archive.

## Other responses

- `404` — Returns an error if the ID of this download request is not valid. This error can also be returned if this URL has been called before. To re-download this archive, please create a new request for a zip download.
- `429` — Returns an error if the number of concurrent zip downloads has been reached for either the user or the enterprise. * `user_too_many_concurrent_downloads` - the maximum of 5 parallel downloads of zip archives per user has been met. * `enterprise_too_many_concurrent_downloads` - the maximum of 10 parallel downloads of zip archives per enterprise has been met.
- `default` — An unexpected client error.

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